Check Out Halo: Reach Defiant Pack In New Screens, Trailer

This March 15, Halo: Reach is getting a shot in the proverbial arm with the release of the Defiant Map Pack. For 800 Microsoft Points, players will be able to access three all-new maps and 150 additional achievement points. Take a look at the trailer to see the maps in motion, and then check out screens in the image gallery and read intel on each of the maps, straight from Microsoft.

Condemned: Condemned takes place aboard Orbital Station Gamma, a massive space station high in orbit above the planet Reach. Prior to the Covenant’s overwhelming invasion, Orbital Station Gamma provided long range communications for UNSC fleets and a vital lifeline between Reach and Earth. During the Battle of Reach, the station suffered terrible punishment at the hands of the Covenant but a few fortified sections remain intact, fully pressurized, and ready for combat. Condemned supports 6-12 players in a variety of action-packed game types, including Team Slayer, Team Objective and Free for All.

Highlands: Highlands takes place on the top-secret Military Wilderness Training Preserve on Reach. The Preserve is a large, wooded area where Spartan super-soldiers trained long before the war with the Covenant began. During the Battle of Reach, the Preserve was the site of key battles between the alien invaders and a group of Spartans who used their familiarity with these UNSC training grounds to significant tactical advantage…but not everyone who enters these woods makes it out alive. Highlands expands the fight with massive-scale engagements for 8-16 players in Big Team Battle, Team Slayer and Team Objective.

Unearthed: Unearthed takes the battle for Reach to a large titanium mine and refinery located in the Viery civilian sector of the planet. This particular mine was built to take advantage of the exposed titanium inside a massive meteor crater. The titanium produced here is used in much of the UNSC hardware, from the chassis of the Warthog to the meters-thick armor plating of capital ships like the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. While this facility was quickly abandoned when the Covenant arrived on Reach, it still has significant tactical (and economic) value and it won’t be long before both humans and Covenant return to battle for control. Unearthed allows up to 4 players to launch a counterassault against the Covenant in Firefight and Firefight modes such as Generator Defense.

Looks boring. No offence to Reach fans. I used to be a die hard fan for Halo but Reach just feels so different. Change is good, but when it replaces classic game play is so unacceptable!Black Ops players wont hoard back to Reach like every body thinks. By the time this map pack is released another Black Ops map pack might be announced killing Reach and every other game once more. I will admit I kind of miss Reach but just don't feel welcome anymore. Halo just is not that good anymore.

Meh...I don't much like buying multi-player map packs, even for Halo. The only reason I bought First Strike was because of Ascension and zombies have a much more play time then multi-player packs, but that is just me.

Call me crazy, but in the second screenshot at the end of this article, look at the crouched spartan in the middle holding the sniper rifle. I'm fairly certain that the spartan is wearing a new helmet, or at least one that isn't currently available in Reach. I'm aware that Defiant won't be including any new armor, but I'm excited that some new armor permutations are in development.